Moving around the Island

Upon settling in to our surroundings and beating the jet-lag (it wasn't so bad) we needed to get a driver's license and a car. We were told that Jason could not take his driver's test until he had been on island for 30 days, we later learned this is not true (welcome to the military). Either way, I took my test and passed on the first try! Let me tell you, it is something to adjust to driving on the other side of the road on the other side of the car. When you see cars driving past you, you swear they are empty because you do not see the driver where he is supposed to be. After many attempts at turning on my blinker and actually turning on the windshield wipers, I feel I am now finally getting the hang of it. Although today we test drove a car that we ended up purchasing and I was driving on the wrong side of the road. The owner of the car didn't even mention it. Good thing it wasn't during busy traffic (not a car in sight). Driving on base is one thing, but when we are beyond the gates of sanity Jason gets VERY nervous and makes grunting noises because he isn't used to being on the other side of the road either, it doesn't help that the stop lights are red and green at the same time sometimes. Either way, we ended up with a 2001 Diahtsu Move. Its pretty sweet. It has an engine the size of a go-cart. This means less road tax, more gas mileage and a smaller tank. Its a win, win, win!